Where to Go from NYC: The Catskills
Not too shabby at Kate's Lazy Meadow.
The air is cooler and more bohemian up in the Catskills. Hikers, skiiers, and campers cross paths at the foothills of the mountains, about three hours by car. Travels on parkways (Taconic, Palisades, Henry Hudson) are a nice, scenic alternative to the interstate.
Where to Stay
A House Around the Bend
Breathe Inn
Dai Bosatsu Zendo Japanese Monastery
Feather Down Farm
Instow
Kate's Lazy Meadow
The Onteora Mountain House
The Roxbury Motel
Villa at Saugerties
Where to Eat
Bear Cafe
Cucina
Last Chance Cheese & Antiques
Lucky Dog Organic Farm
Peekamoose
Shandankenbake
Sweet Sue's Country Diner, 49 Main Street, Phoencia
How to Jam
Levon Helm Midnight Ramble
Mavericks Concerts
Roxbury Arts Group
What to Do Outside
Cloves Acres Riding Academy
Downhill skiing (Windham, Hunter Mountain)
Fly fishing
Hiking (Bear Spring Mountain, Devil's Path)
Howe Caverns
Town Tinker river tubing
Pure Catskillsfarms and markets
Snow tubing
Local Color
Catskill Guide
The Catskill Post
The Night Jar
For Your Bedside Table
Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories, by Washington Irving
The Road to Woodstock, by Michael Lang
My Side of the Mountain, by Jean George